Improvement in extension-tables



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G. HEYL. EXTENSION-TABLE.

Patented Aug. 29,1876.

N. PETERS, PNOTO-LITHOGRAFNEIL WASMINGTDN. D c.

A UNITED STATES, PATENT OFFICE.

cEoEcE HEYL, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN EXTENSION-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,678, dated August29, 1876; application filed May 19, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HEYL, of the city of Newark, in the county ofEssex and State of New'Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Extension- .Tables; and I dohereby declare thatthefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the .art to which it appertains to make and usements upon a former invention for which letters were granted to meNovember 23, 1875,

and has reference more particularly to that class of extension-tableswhich, when folded together, (the detachable leaves being removed,) showbut one central support, and present the appearance ofa center-table.

The accompanying drawings fully illustrate the nature and character ofmy improvements, in which- Figure l is aplan view of an extensiontableconstructed upon-the principle contemplated in my invention. Fig. 2 isalongitudinal section. Fig.3 is a side elevation,showing it as acenter-table. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a removable leaf; and Fig. 5 is alongitudinal section of the same, similar letters of referenceindicating corresponding parts in the several figures.

This table is provided with a stationary receptacle, A, for storing theremovable leaves B, the same as in that described in the Letters Patentabove referred to, and the leaves are also in two parts.

' My invention consists in joining the leaves B in the center by meansof dowels a, as shown and indicated in Figs. 4 and 5, thereby dispensingwith the hinges employedin the former invention. It also consists in theslotted slides c and central support e, (shown in Figs. 1 and 2,) saidslides being adjusted upon the under side of the stationary top 0, so asto slide freely back and forth as the table is extended or closed up,and, in connection with the support 6, form a central bearin g orsupport for the removable leaves B when the table is extended. Thevertical support 6 is in two parts, which are hinged to a crossbar at z,so as to drop down, as indicated in Fig. 2, and be out of sight when thetable is closed up. -When raised to a vertical position, a tenon,n, isformed on'their ends, which fits into a corresponding groove formed inthe ends of the slides, (also shown in Fig. 2,)

which holds them in position. The blocks 0,

secured on the under side of the leaves B, are intended to fit into theslots s, Figs. 1 and 2, toaid in retaining the various parts inposition. The central support E (shown in Fig. 2)

is not essentially necessary, but may be dispensed with, if desired, thetable beingsufficiently strong without it.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new,.and desiretosecure by Letters Patent, is- I l. The combination, with the twoadjustable sections of an extension-table, of supports, adjustable on aline central with the table, in a position to uphold the inner ends ofthe divided leaves, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the two divisions of the extension-table, ofstuds 0 c, as set forth.

3. The supports 6, combined with the slides a, for the purposespecified.

4. The slides having slots to receive lugs 0 on the detachable leaves,as set forth.

5. A detachable leaf, consisting of two sections, provided at the endswith dowels and sockets, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereto affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE HEYL. Witnesses:

OLIVER DRAKE, JOHN G. TUNBRIDGE.

